Payroll Specialist (m/f/d) Midijob

People & Culture
Munich, Germany

Who we are - the Gini Community

Founded in 2011 Gini is a well-established award-winning FinTech company disrupting the banking, e-commerce, and insurance sector. Our most well-known product is our Gini photo payment software assistant, which is integrated into over 90% of German banking apps. With this and other products, we aim to improve everyone's quality of life by simplifying tedious tasks through automation. What’s special about us: We place a high value on autonomy, which we integrate into our daily work life with flat hierarchies. We have four core values that are essential to our collaboration at Gini: Excellence, Opportunities rather than Risks, Love, and Commitment & Responsibility. You can find more details about our values and the way we work together at Gini in our handbook.

We are very proud to have received several awards in recent years, including "Top Employer 2020" from Focus, "Financial Product of the Year 2022," and "Top Company" from kununu for 2023, 2024, and 2025.

We are seeking a dependable and experienced Payroll Specialist to take full ownership of our payroll processes on a Midijob basis. In this role, you will be responsible for the accurate, timely, and audit-proof execution of all payroll-related tasks. You will act as our go-to expert for everything related to salary and compensation.

Your playing field at Gini

• You independently handle the monthly payroll processing in DATEV Lohn & Gehalt for all employment types (permanent employees, working students, mini-jobbers, midi-jobbers, and freelancers)
• You maintain and review all master data relevant to payroll and onboard new employees in the system
• You process entries, exits, and contract changes, ensuring correct implementation of bonuses and special payments
• You prepare and send all mandatory reports to health insurance providers and social security institutions
• You handle the review and recording of sick leave notifications
• You manage all tasks related to occupational pension schemes (bAV) in coordination with our bAV tool
• You ensure all payroll processes remain legally compliant and audit-ready, even when employment laws change. You also manage audits from pension or social insurance authorities when required
  You serve as a patient and knowledgeable point of contact for our employees when it comes to payroll-related questions

Skills to be successful

• You have several years of hands-on experience in independently managing payroll – not just in a preparatory role
• You are proficient in using DATEV Lohn & Gehalt
• You have solid knowledge of payroll tax law, labor law, and social security regulations, and are familiar with various employment types
• You work in a structured, precise, and responsible manner
• You communicate in a friendly, clear, and empathetic way
• You are fluent in German (business proficient) and have strong English skills
• You are available to work from our Munich office one day per week

Your perks

• You have the choice - Mobile working from home or in our bright office with two spacious roof terraces, according to your needs
• Flexibility - early bird or a night owl, you have flexible working hours
• Food allowance - We have an excellent employee restaurant in our office building where you can get delicious food with our allowance of 3€ per day
• Lots of different team events: we know how important team cohesion is, so we regularly organize team and company-wide events and activities
• State-of-the-art equipment with Apple products: We place great value on modern and powerful technology and therefore offer our employees the latest Apple products as hardware
• Shared feedback culture with purpose - A feedback-driven culture full of purpose and community. Click on kununu and Glassdoor to find out what our employees and candidates are saying about Gini

Sounds like the right challenge for you?